Not to derail…but a guy on another (non-running) forum I frequent posted a while ago that he’d just trained for and ran a 4:34 mile “on a track”as a 58 year old. I responded in amazement to ask if he knew how close he was to the US record. He was adamant it was not BS. I would think he would be on the radar of folks or even post here if true?
We added to the title to try to get the website vistors to crowdsource the facts on this one. We added in "Did she? Let's find out" to the title.
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in TX they have state results for public school sports for all classes both sexes dating back for decades. does NY?
that time in the 90s would have been, shall we say, "incredible" in the literal sense. at that point you could win state in the south with low 5 for 1600. i get she would be saying 1500 which is a conversion on that 449 but she'd still be saying low 5, around 510. i know someone who won texas' highest division with higher than that.
that and she just looks thick like a sprinter or jumper. you'd have to haul that big butt and thighs for a mile.
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I have new found respect J Lo in just knowing she ran the 1500M. If she ran 4:49 for the 1500M, I’m impressed.
There’s almost no chance she ran the mile in 4:49.
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More than anything, I am surprised she was a miler. She looked super fast twitch on In Living Color when she danced. She bounced around like a ninja.
I think letsrunners are some of the few people who actually remember our high school PRs. Even while they were active, my teammates didn't seem to know their PRs. They had no concept of what was and wasn't a fast time. They also had no clue how to calculate lap splits. They were just like "Me win. Me do good. Me lose. Me do bad."
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Not surprised. She looks fit. 4:49 1500 back then was considered pretty fast. It was a different time back then.
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Top 1987 women. She not on the list.
https://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/TFN/1987tfn.htm
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It's a possibility there is this Kenyan that is easily 270 to 300 pounds named David Rudabakerisha who apparently ran a 1:40.91 800m.
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they've found a newspaper article that says she ran
2.28 for 800m as a 13 year old
5.10 for 1500m as a 13 year old
solid times
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oldold runner wrote:
Top 1987 women. She not on the list.
I think you might have to find one that is 86 or 85. She is 56. I'm sure she graduated HS by 87.
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Uncle Bosie wrote:
oldold runner wrote:
Top 1987 women. She not on the list.
I think you might have to find one that is 86 or 85. She is 56. I'm sure she graduated HS by 87.
I doubt she ran all through high school either, she was dancing/acting straight after school professionally
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Uncle Bosie wrote:
oldold runner wrote:
Top 1987 women. She not on the list.
I think you might have to find one that is 86 or 85. She is 56. I'm sure she graduated HS by 87.
1986 not on the list.
https://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/TFN/1986tfn.htm
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oldold runner wrote:
Uncle Bosie wrote:
I think you might have to find one that is 86 or 85. She is 56. I'm sure she graduated HS by 87.
1986 not on the list.
1985 not on the list.
https://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/TFN/1985tfn.htm
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Jennifer Lopez was indeed an accomplished track athlete. Jennifer competed for the Starlets Track Club based in Staten Island and was coached by Dorothy Clinton.
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The actor or singer/dancer with the great a$$? no way lol. If there’s another jlo then ok.
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Uced wrote:
No idea but she did look like an athlete then.
She’s always “looked like an athlete”. Must of been before that booty grew in. I could believe it if she was a sprinter lol
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oldold runner wrote:
Top 1987 women. She not on the list.
Nor should she be on this list. She ran 4.49 for 1500m, likely ran about 2.18 for 800m and 61-62 for 400m. The listed times are for the top in the country - she didn't say she was among the best.
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good, but not ranked wrote:
oldold runner wrote:
Top 1987 women. She not on the list.
Nor should she be on this list. She ran 4.49 for 1500m, likely ran about 2.18 for 800m and 61-62 for 400m. The listed times are for the top in the country - she didn't say she was among the best.
This. Only the top 10s in the US are listed, going down to 4:28 to 4:33 for 1500m in those years.
I graduated HS in 1987, so those names from 1985, 1986, and 1987 bring back some memories though.
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If she indeed did run a sub 4:50 mile then it goes down as one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of hollywood lmfao
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Surprised nobody here has posted some actual results so here (these check out with the earlier poster who mentioned the Starlets track club in SI):
5:22 1500m (2nd), 4:29 4x440yd relay (1st) published 8 May 1983:
2:28.8 800m (1st), 5:10 1500m (2nd) published 14 May 1983:
4:07.1 4x440yd relay (1st), 9:56 4x880yd relay (1st) published 13 June 1983:
9:43.6 4x800m (13-14 y/o NR, old record 10:06), 2:27.9 3rd leg on 2 July 1983:
4:01.2 4x400m (2nd) on 3 July 1983:
That's all I can find for now. So considering she ran all those times at age 13, is it possible she ran a 4:49 1500m later? I would say, very.
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Little Stick wrote:
Jennifer Lopez was indeed an accomplished track athlete. Jennifer competed for the Starlets Track Club based in Staten Island and was coached by Dorothy Clinton.
Thanks, ChatGPT. Feeling left out of the conversation but want to contribute anyway, so use AI then post as an expert on LetsRun. Awesome.
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